Rocky
Carter & Cone · Matthew Carter, Richard Lipton
A 40-style superfamily by Matthew Carter and Richard Lipton that answers Carter's long-standing question of why no typeface had paired Bodoni proportions with Latin bracketed serifs.
About
Rocky spans four widths and five weights with matching italics, offering a range from standard to extra condensed. Its high stroke contrast and bracketed serifs give it a typographic sparkle that works across books, magazines and screen use. The family began with Carter's Regular and Bold, later expanded with Richard Lipton's collaboration to reach the full 40-style superfamily.
Classification
Rocky combines Bodoni's high-contrast proportions with Latin-style bracketed serifs, a hybrid that Carter identified as an unexplored territory. The result is a high-contrast serif with classical structure and a distinctive sparkle suited to text and display use.